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Cineworld The Loom Derby Street Leigh WN7 4BA

A/26/100263/FULLFull DetailsApproved
Full

Approved on 15 June 2026

Council decision: Approved with Conditions15 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of existing building from a cinema (Sui Generis) to retail (Use Class E) with external alterations to the building including roller shutters and fenestration, creation of new service yard replacing existing parking area to side

Received
5 January 2026
Public comments
5
Ward
Leigh Central And Higher Folds
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target17 Jun
  5. Decided15 Jun

Decided in 115 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Cineworld The Loom Derby Street Leigh WN7 4BA. Wigan has handled 392 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 14 weeks longer than Wigan's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Leigh Central And Higher Folds. We hold 221 applications in total for the WN7 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WN7 4BA
Application type
Full Details
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Leigh Township

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Consultation expiry
10 April 2026
Consultation start
25 February 2026
Consultation end
18 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
17 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 April 2026
Last date for comments
10 April 2026
Target decision date
17 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Savills (UK) Limited Mr Brad Wiseman Belvedere 12 Booth Street Manchester M2 4AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13914154
Documents
0
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bridgewater Canal, LeighPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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  2. 2026
    5 Jan

    Change of use of existing building from a cinema (Sui Generis) to retail (Use Class E) with external…

    This applicationApprovedFullA/26/100263/FULL

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